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PM expresses happiness over India’s longest sea bridge Mumbai Trans Harbour Link 
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi expressed his happiness over India’s longest sea bridge Mumbai Trans Harbour Link  and said that it is next generation infrastructure which will boost ‘Ease of Living’ for people.
Responding to the tweet by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Shri Devendra Fadnavis about speciality of MTHL, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“Next generation infrastructure which will boost ‘Ease of Living’ for people.”
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Heavy to very Heavy rain likely at isolated places over Assamand Meghalaya
Heavy Rainfall Likely at Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karikal, Kerala & Mahe, West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha
Strong Winds very Likely over Southwest Arabian Sea
According to the weather warning bulletin of the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department , heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely at isolated places over Assam and Meghalaya. Heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry &Karikal, Kerala &Mahe, West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha.
Thunderstorm with lightning & gusty winds  is very likely at isolated places over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Punjab, Haryana,Chandigarh& Delhi, Rajasthan, Konkan & Goa, Kerala &Mahe and Lakshadweep.
Lightning at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Gujarat Region, Coastal Andhra Pradesh &Yanam, Rayalaseema,Interior Karnataka and Tamilnadu, Puducherry &Karaikalvery likely.
The weather bulletin further informs that thunderstorm/duststormis very likely at isolated places over West Rajasthan. Since strong winds  is very likely over Southwest Arabian sea fishermen are advised not to venture into these areas.
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PM celebrates Gold medal by Women’s Team in 25m Pistol at Asian Games 2022
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the Women’s Team of Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan and Esha Singh for winning the gold medal in 25m Pistol at the Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou.
The Prime Minister posted on X:
“An exemplary Gold for India.
Congratulations to the 25m Pistol Women Team, comprising Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan and Esha Singh, for their spectacular victory!
Their remarkable teamwork has yielded great results. Best wishes for their future endeavours.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Olympic Double Medalist PV Sindhu Launches Fit India School Week Mascots Toofan & Toofani
Fourth edition of Fit India School Week to kick off on 15th November 2022
Key highlights
- Fitness habits must be inculcated from a very young age: PV Sindhu
- The 4th edition of Fit India School Week will kick off on 15 November 2022
- For a month various schools across India will celebrate fitness and sports in various forms for 4 to 6 days each
“Fit India School Week initiative is very important because fitness habits must be inculcated from a very young age. I feel all schools should be part of this nation-wide initiative and motivate students towards a fit and healthy life. I am thrilled to launch the mascots Toofan and Toofani who promise to make the event even more fun and exciting."
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu said this during the launch of mascots Toofan and Toofani for Fit India Movement’s Fit India School Week initiative for the year 2022 today.
Fit India Movement, which was launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in the year 2019, kicked off its annual ‘Fit India School Week’ programme in December of that same year, and is dedicated to encouraging schools in inculcating fitness habits and increasing awareness about fitness and sports among students.
While all three previous editions of the programme have been a huge success among the students, to make the initiative more popular among the younger generation, this edition has added two mascots called “Toofan and Toofani” to its flagship, with the duo representing India’s fittest superhero & superwoman.
To make the mascots more connected to sports, they have been given superpowers like running fast as wind , lifting cars , and Superb focus skills . They also engage with people by telling them various stories about sports and fitness and inspire, educate and encourage them in the process.
The 4th edition of Fit India School Week will kick off on 15 November 2022 wherein for a month various schools across India will celebrate fitness and sports in various forms for 4 to 6 days and reaffirm its importance amongst the school fraternity.
Various activities that the schools are encouraged to celebrate during the Fit India School Week include - Annual Sports Day, where they are required to identify exceptional sporting talent among their students and provide their details on Fit India portal under talent identification; Essay writing, Debate, Quiz, Poster making competition on the topic - Importance of Fitness; various activities involving Indigenous Games; Khelo India Physical Fitness Assessment of students; Yoga and Meditation among other activities.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government denies presence of any undue beauracratic control over Research and Development ecosystem of India.
Dr Jitendra Singh says, digital technologies being used for processing of the research proposals and for review and approvals which has improved the transparency
Government today denied presence of any undue beauracratic control over Research and Development ecosystem of India.
In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that all the scientific departments are functioning with an integrated approach in synchronization with each other and with other departments of the Government of India.
Dr Jitendra Singh informed that the Government has taken some major initiatives to bring transformative changes in the processing of the research proposals by employing digital technologies that involve, online receipt and online processing of the proposals for review and approvals and digital transfer of the research grants which has improved the transparency in implementation and also reduced the average time of processing from earlier nine months to approximately four and half months. The Government has also introduced an effective grievance redressal mechanism to address the concerns of the citizens including that of scientific community. Further, as part of the formulation of the new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, several recommendations have been included in the draft towards the ‘Ease of doing research’ in the country.
The Minister also stated that the Government has studied the scientific administration and governance structure in leading innovation-backed countries in the world. Most of the S&T innovation led economies in the world have been putting efforts towards improving their ‘ease of doing research’ in line with the concept of ‘ease of doing business’. There are a few global rankings such as Global Innovation Index, Global Competitiveness Index, etc which are reporting on this aspect. These comparative analyses bring out key attributes associated with S&T governance and administration. India has made considerable progress in terms of its ranking in most of the global indices in the recent years.
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Ministry of Defence
DRDO conducts five trials of Air-to-Air Missile ‘Astra’; All successful
Defence Research and Development Organisation  successfully flight tested the Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile  ‘Astra’ from Su-30 MKI platform off the coast of Chandipur, Odisha. The trials were held from 16th to 19th September 2019. The trials were conducted by Indian Air Force  against Jet Banshee target aircraft simulating all possible threat scenarios.
The five trials conducted during this period tested missiles in different configurations. During the campaign, three missiles were launched in combat configuration with warhead and manoeuvring targets were neutralized to establish the end game capability of the missile. The trial campaign also included a direct hit of the target by the telemetered missile at maximum range. All the subsystems performed accurately meeting all the mission parameters and objectives.
Astra BVRAAM has range of more than 100 kms with modern guidance and navigation techniques. The missile has midcourse guidance and RF seeker based terminal guidance to achieve target destruction with pin point accuracy.
The effort for building a state-of-the-art BVRAAM by DRDO, together with IAF has completed the user trial phase of the weapon system successfully. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited  has played a role in modifying the aircraft for weapon integration. More than 50 public and private industries have contributed in building the Astra weapon system.
The present flight trials have proved the end to end performance of the missile system in various combat scenarios giving greater confidence to users. The five successful trials of Astra will culminate into induction of the missile system into Indian Air Force, which will certainly be a force multiplier considering its accuracy and effectiveness in neutralizing aerial threats.
Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO congratulated team ‘Astra’ for developing and flight testing such a formidable class of weapon system. The technologies developed under the programme will be the building blocks for development of future variants of Air-to-Air and Surface-to-Air Missiles.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO and IAF teams for the successful trials.
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Compressed Bio Gas  Plants
Under Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation  initiative, Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies , Gail  Limited  and Indraprastha Gas Limited  have issued 443 numbers Letters of Intent  as on 29.11.2019 for setting up Compressed Bio Gas  plants in the country. Under this initiative entrepreneur is responsible for arranging finance for setting up CBG plants.
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has taken up the issue of bank financing of CBG plants with Ministry of Finance and Reserve Bank of India. Ministry has been reviewing progress of SATAT to facilitate setting of CBG plants.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of External Affairs
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TO INAUGURATE CONFERENCE ON ‘DOING BUSINESS WITH AFRICA’ IN KOLKATA
A Conference on ‘Doing Business with Africa’ is being organised by Bharat Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Economic Diplomacy & States Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in Kolkata on 14th June 2019 . Ambassador Manoj Kumar Bharti, Additional Secretary , Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India will inaugurate the Conference. This was stated in a press communique released by the Chamber.
The EXIM Bank, which has been credited for undertaking deep rooted studies on the scope of doing business with the countries in the African continent as well as executing the Government of India’s Lines of Credit, is a Lead Sponsor at the Conference. The contributions of EXIM Bank in this regard will be highlighted by Mr. Mukul Sarkar, Chief General Manager, EXIM Bank, Mumbai at the Conference, stated Mr. Sitaram Sharma, President, Bharat Chamber of Commerce.
The High Commissioners of Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana and Niger will outline the business opportunities between their respective countries and India, more particularly West Bengal. Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former High Commissioner of India to the U.K., South Africa, Namibia and Ambassador to Egypt, having profound experience in diplomatic relationship with African countries, will be one of the Key Speakers at the Conference, the President of the Chamber added.
Considering the special initiatives that the Government of India is taking to spearhead bilateral trade and investment with countries in the African continent for mutual advantage, there is no doubt that in a couple of years’ time, India’s trade and investment in the continent will increase manifold, Mr. Sharma emphasised. He added that in this scenario the scope of exports of the item in which India has technological strength of global benchmark should be explored.
Business opportunities of Eastern India and West Bengal, in particular, will be the focus at the Conference, stated Mr. Sharma.
Prime Minister's Office
PM praises SCO Millets Food Festival in Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has praised SCO Millets Food Festival in Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace.
The Local MP Shri Manoj Kotak had tweeted about the festival and Jalgaon's jowar, Nagpur's bajra, Aurangabad's ragi reaching Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace in the form of SCO Millets Food Festival.
In reply the Prime Minister tweeted :
"A laudatory effort to popularise Shree Ann in Mumbai."
Ministry of Science & Technology
Cabinet apprised of two Bilateral MoUs between India and Cuba, and India and Korea in the area of Biotechnology
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of two Bilateral Memorandums of Understanding signed between India and Cuba, and India and Korea in the area of Biotechnology. The MoUs were signed on 22nd June 2018 at Havana, Cuba and on 9th July 2018 at New Delhi, respectively. The MoUs signed with Cuba and Korea respectively, are in the agreed areas of collaboration and objectives in the field of Science & Technology, wherever the expertise in these areas exist in the country.
Major impact
The MoUs have been signed to strengthen the Indo-Cuba and Indo-Republic of Korea bilateral ties, to work out the future agenda for the collaboration for Innovation in S&T Diplomacy to evolve a concrete strategic plan in the area of biotechnology education, training and research.The proposal has the potential towards employment generation for more than 50 postgraduates and Ph.Ds in biological sciences and related areas for a period of upto five years.
Background:
Indo-Cuba Collaboration
India and Cuba signed a bilateral MoU to deepen collaboration on biotechnology on 22nd June 2018 during the visit of Hon'ble President of India to Havana, Cuba. The Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Republic of Cuba, have signed the MoU on 22nd June,2018 at Havana.
India-Republic of Korea Collaboration
India and Korea have signed an MoUin the area ofBiotechnology and Bio-economy. The MoU aims to broaden and deepen cooperation between the two countries in Science & Technology, in the fields of Biotechnology and encouraging industrial R&D and related bilateral investment flows.
Ministry of Culture
NATIONAL MONUMENTS AUTHORITY TO HOLD FIRST EVER GLOBAL WEBINAR ON MONUMENTS PROTECTION TOMORROW
MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES TO TAKE PART
To create a global awareness on the preservation of monuments and heritage, National Monuments Authority has organized a Webinar in collaboration with ICCR  on “Protection of the Monuments and their significance for the Preservation of National Heritage” on 11th February, 2022, the memorial day of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay.
About 20 countries have confirmed their participation that includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, Japan, Iran, South Africa, Venezuela, Israel and USA.
This is the first ever global Webinar on monuments protection and has been scheduled on the memorial day of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay. A large number of scholars/diplomats have agreed to speak on the importance of protecting the national monuments and heritage sites and carry forward the memory of the people of the land etched on the monuments.
Minister of Culture, Tourism and DONeR, Shri G. Kishan Reddy; Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture, Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi; Minister of State for Culture & Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, and Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, M.P. and Chairman ICCR have will attend the inaugural session. Secretary, Culture, Mr. Govind Mohan will give the opening remarks.
Shri Tarun Vijay, Chairman of National Monuments Authority said “this is a very unique and unprecedented event inspired by the vision of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The response to it has shown that the culture is the biggest binding force in the world”. The webinar is open to scholars and interested youth on Face Book, Twitter and Youtube and will be held from 5.30pm-7.00pm – on 11th February, 2022.
The links for the participants on Face Book, Youtube and Twitter are as follows:
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/1271154926708589
Twitter– @nmanewdelhi
Youtube
https://youtu.be/onlkJelPktQ
Ministry of Finance
Exchange Rate of Foreign Currency relating to Imported and Export Goods Notified
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 , and in supersession of the notification of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs  No.13/2019-CUSTOMS , dated 21st February, 2019 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such super-session, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs  hereby determines that the Rate of Exchange of conversion of each of the Foreign Currencies Specified in Column  of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian Currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 8th March, 2019 be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in Column thereof, for the purpose of the said Section, relating to Imported and Export Goods.
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192.10
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180.20
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53.15
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51.25
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10.60
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10.30
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Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Shri Nitin Gadkari to attend conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development 2018-2028” in Tajikistan
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari is scheduled to visit Republic of Tajikistan to represent India in the high-level Conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” on 20-21 June 2018. United Nations and Government of Republic of Tajikistan are jointly organizing the Conference to discuss key water related issues of sustainable development goals adopted by UN member countries.
Tajikistan is a strategic partner country in our extended neighbourhood. The country has a leading role in pioneering global water related issues. As a close partner country and a country which itself put great emphasis on sustainable use of water resources, India has decided to contribute to the forthcoming Conference in Tajikistan. Minister is expected to participate in the Conference and interact bilaterally with Tajik dignitaries and others.
Shri Nitin Gadkari will also share the initiatives, solutions and best practices that Government of India is taking in the field of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Water Resource Assessment, Resource Distribution, Management, Conservation and Harvesting. He will outline key policy initiatives and flagship programs of the Government of India including rejuvenation of river Ganga.
Ministry of Mines
Mineral Production Goes up by 5% During November, 2021 Compared to Same Time Previous Year
As per the data of Indian Bureau of Mines , Ministry of Mines, the index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of November, 2021  at 111.9, was 5.0% higher as compared to the level in the month of November, 2020. The cumulative growth for the period April- November, 2021-22 over the corresponding period of previous year has increased 18.2 percent.
Production level of important minerals in November, 2021 were: Coal 679 lakh tonnes, Lignite 33 lakh tonnes, Natural gas  2798 million cu. m., Petroleum  24 lakh tonnes, Bauxite 1710 thousand tonnes, Chromite 259 thousand tonnes, Copper conc. 10 thousand tonnes , Gold 113 kg, Iron ore 194 lakh tonnes, Lead conc. 30 thousand tonnes, Manganese ore 224 thousand tonnes, Zinc conc. 132 thousand tonnes, Limestone 303 lakh tonnes, Phosphorite 122 thousand tonnes, Magnesite 8 thousand tonnes and Diamond 15 carat.
The production of important minerals showing positive growth during November, 2021 over November, 2020 include: Gold , Magnesite , Natural Gas   Chromite , Lignite , lead conc., Zinc conc , and coal . The production of other important minerals showing negative growth is: Petroleum  , Iron Ore , Copper conc, limestone , bauxite , Phosphorite , and Manganese ore .
PIB Headquarters
PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- 113.68 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- India's Active caseload stands at 1,28,555; lowest in 527 days
- Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.37%; Lowest since March 2020
- Recovery Rate currently at 98.28%; Highest since March 2020
- 12,134 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,38,73,890
- 10,197 new cases in the last 24 hours
- Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 44 days
- Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 2% for last 54 days
- 62.70 cr Total Tests conducted so far
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2.8 Kg gold worthRs. 1.12 Crore seized by Customs at Chennai Airport.One Arrested
On Saturday night five passengers,RanasingheArachchige Don Lasantha Shanaka,27,and ManathungaArachchilageSunimalDhananjaya,28,both from Colombo,had arrived from Colombo by Air India Flight AI 274; AbubakarSithik, 42,of Virudhunagararrived from Dubaiby Emirates Airlines Flight EK546; Mohamed Azarudeen ,26, of Sivaganga arrived from Bangkok by Thai Airways Flight TG 337 and Jamaludeen,35, of Ramanathapuram who arrived from Dubai by Air India Flight AI 906, were intercepted by AIU officers at the exit .On their personal 7 gold cut bits weighing 177 grams valued at Rs. 7 lakhs were recovered which were concealed in pant pockets. Further on questioning they admitted to having concealed bundles containing gold paste in rectum. Total 17 bundles were recovered and on extraction 2.7 kg gold valued at Rs. 1.05 crorewas recovered .
In total 2.87 Kg of gold valued at Rs. 1.12 crore was recovered and same seized under Customs Act. One passenger was arrested.
Further investigation is under process according to a press release issued by Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
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